ICYMI: Hillsborough Resident Arrested, Shot Gun and Drugs Seized

Three arrests were made in Franklin Township on Friday after police received word that the driver of a white Nissan Altima with Virginia license plates in town was in possession of narcotics and a shotgun.

Those arrested were:

• Dynesha Jackson, 22, of Hillsborough Township,
  
• Adrienne Woodard, 22, of New Brunswick
• Lashawn Boyd, 19, of New Brunswick

According to the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office, police spotted a female driver, later identified as Woodard, driving the white Nissan Altima east on Amwell Road in Franklin Township. Police stopped the vehicle near Van Cleef Road.

“Somerset County Sheriff’s Office K-9 “Apex” and his handler responded to the scene to assist in the investigation, according to the prosecutor’s office. ”The K-9 conducted an exterior sniff of the vehicle and gave a positive indication for the presence of narcotics inside the vehicle.”

A search warrant was granted for the vehicle which resulted in the seizure of:

• a Pardner Pump 20 Gauge Shotgun
  
• 14 folds of heroin, in the center console of the passenger compartment
  
• four (4) 20 gauge shotgun shells, in the center console of the passenger compartment
• two bags of cocaine, in Jackson’s purse

All three suspects were placed under arrest without incident and housed at Somerset County Jail.

Woodard was charged with:

• Possession of a Rifle, 3rd Degree
  
• Possession of CDS (Heroin) 3rd Degree.

Jackson was charged with:

• Possession of CDS (Heroin) 3rd Degree
• Possession of CDS (Cocaine) 3rd Degree.

Boyd was charged with:

• Possession of CDS (heroin) 3rd Degree.